His own man – or someone’s puppet?

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First of all, let me say that Engdahl is bull’s-eye on the strategy. He covers it brilliantly. However, Engdahl doesn’t go far enough at the end. He starts by describing the separation strategy, ie the empire befriending the weaker of two of its mortal enemies to isolate the stronger, China, then he gets into the change in strategy regarding the War on Terror that was a pretext for the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. Here’s the kicker though: at least three members of Trump’s already formed team have stated that Iran is more dangerous than ISIS, well one is not yet a member, Petraeus. However Flynn and Mattis are and Pompeo stated that Tehran was intent on destroying America, essentially making the Zionist existential meme America’s as well. So there’s a tectonic shift happening : Iran is replacing ISIS and Al-Qaeda as the Number One Global Terror Threat in the Zionist/Neocon lexicon or should I say the narrative of fear to be used against the masses as incentive to make another war a palatable necessity. Now we all know how 9/11 was used to incite revenge therefore war; well, if fake intelligence doesn’t work expect another incident to create the casus belli against Iran.In the end Engdahl should have come full circle tying up the befriending the weaker of two mortal enemies strategy with the strategy to replace ISIS in the category of Number One Terrorist Organization therefore creating a casus belli against Iran similar to the one used for the invasion of Iraq.Netanyahu was disappointed with PNAC’s round-about way of getting to the main event, destroying Iran, but Zionist American Neocons after the fall of the Soviet Union needed to create a much more ambitious enemy target to rally the masses; as China’s influence was growing while Russia’s power was diminishing with the fall of the SU, and was no longer militarily capable to take on the U.S. and NATO. However China and Russia together make up the empire’s worst nightmare and represent the balance of power that the empire fears.The plan was to take over Iraq, Syria and Iran and install U.S. bases and take over all the oil routes in the region to control the flow of oil and gas. Whoever controls these vital routes and resources is ensured world domination.

Try to compare Iran’s influence in the Middle East to China’s global influence, both are a grave threat to the Anglo/Zionist empire for more than one reason: China militarily, financially and geopolitically and Iran because it sits on a treasure-trove of oil and gas wealth and is a geopolitical threat to Israel and the salafi/Wahhabi kingdom.

Iran and Russia are therefore the road to undermining China’s growing geopolitical/diplomatic influence and power. First you destroy SCO by creating division between China and Russia and then you destroy Iran, control the wealth of Persian Gulf commerce and suddenly China is at the mercy of the Anglo/Zionist Empire for its oil and gas.

But that’s not all, Taiwan will also play a strategic role in bringing China to its knees, and this is why John Bolton and Steve Yates were in Trump’s sphere of influence when that call between Taiwan’s President and Trump happened. Steve Yates was Cheney’s top Neocon China advisor and it’s no surprise that he is also part of Trump’s advisory committee.

Make no mistake, Russia is still a formidable threat to the Empire and proved it by frustrating the PNAC plan for Syria; but if Putin let’s this plan B as Engdahl refers to it happen, Russia will eventually find itself in the crosshairs again and in a much weaker position than it is in today. If the empire succeeds in weakening China by neutralizing Iran; it’s game over for Russia as well.

And let me say this; you’ll note that a bizarre rapprochement started happening between Netanyahu and Putin even though Netanyahu must have been foaming at the mouth when Russia intervened in Syria, and this even before Trump was being cordial with Putin. So the change in policy was already happening with Netanyahu once PNAC’s plan was scuttled in Syria.

The plan for the Empire however is still one and the same; the only aspect changing is the strategy on how to achieve it and Trump was the godsend that Zionist/Neocons needed to put it in motion. Hillary lacked the charisma, connecting theme with the masses and the revised strategic vision to make it happen.

You can bet that the empire will try to make Putin an offer he can’t refuse to look the other way on Iran. Beware of Zionists bearing gifts; or a horse’s head. It could be a bribe with a hidden agenda or it could be an ultimatum.

So Trump is rebuilding America’s defenses (PNAC term) with a plan to inject about a trillion into the MIC and gunning for Iran and China and ironically Putin will be the catalyst that will either make or break the empire. It will all depend on whether he is as clever as the reputation that precedes him and whether he has the fortitude to resist what the empire will throw his way. What worries me is that Russia was outfoxed in the fall of the Soviet Union, and outfoxed in Iraq and Libya.

Will this be China’s moment? Will China do for Iran what Russia did for Syria? China has held back for now; but Tehran is the road to China; and this is an existential cause that China’s leaders can easily use to rally their people. Maybe Iran has a port it can rent out to the Chinese fleet; just for deterrence purposes…for now.

Here’s an interesting quote from a 2006 article on the subject that China’s leaders would be wise to heed.:

If conflict with China is inevitable, it makes sense to have U.S. bases in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq and maybe Iran and Syria. If China is dependent on Middle East oil, it makes sense for the U.S. to be able to control how and where it flows from the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf oil fields.

and it also spells out the premise of the Zionist manifesto:

They are equipped with a philosophical outlook that justifies the use of hyped, imagined threats to unite the masses behind rulers’ objectives and ambitions, to suppress dissent and control through fear. They’re inclined to identify each new target as “a new Hitler,” and to justify their actions as “an answer to the Holocaust.

And finally lurking in the shadows, he’s still in control:

For the moment, at least, the war party led by Dick Cheney remains in ascendancy.

Or is the Neocon war party led by Netanyahu: the new King of the Jews? No, not David; Goliath and is PNAC the manifesto; the mein kampf of Zionism? Remember a year after Clean Break was authored PNAC was created and no doubt Netanyahu was pleased with how it evolved on paper.

Who would have thought that because of Iran, China is the unspoken enemy of Zionism.

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Good article, but what you failed to notice is that Iran is not your usual Iraq or Afghanistan. If Israhell or neocons touch their atomic assets, they would happily block strait of hormutz oil route, smaller gulf states will go down first, then that wahabi zionist state. This whole saga could bring down dollar as a reserve currency and cause panic in stock market in no time. I am pretty sure Israhell will benefit from the ever receding Anglo-american middle-east domination. Once neocons find themselves in hot water after touching Iran, Israhell will happily offer them a escape route in exchange of control over middle east oil. It is interesting to note that Iran is not what it portrays itself to be. After thorough study of Iranian history and current geopolitics, I come to the conclusion that Iran is actually a closet friend of zionist Israhell.

There is a city in Iran called Isfahan which happens to house 124,000 Jews and one of their atomic research assets. There is a mysterious well in that city which local Iranians believe their Imam Mahdi to emerge from. Now their is a prophecy in Islamic literature regarding end time events that says “The so called last prophet of the Jews (Dajjal/antichrist) will emerge from Isfahan (Iran) and he will be followed by 70,000 Jews wearing Persian Shawls”. Looks like the Imam Mahdi character the Iranians are eagerly waiting for and the last prophet the Jews are so hell bound to bring in holy land could essentially be the same person. Israhell and Iran both are bad news for Sunni arabs and the rest of the world. Both of them are working synchronously to bring about a NWO type messianic figure in world politics. WW3 is just a side show to fool the masses.

I find the “Saker” website to be a respectable alternative news media and would happily welcome any elaboration or criticism from its audiences regarding this topic.

Trumps longer held views seem to be antagonism to Iran, perhaps dating back to the embassy siege, bringing back US manufacturing from China, and hard negotiations rather than regime change operations.
If he is genuine about some of his policies, his biggest problem is whitehouse appointments that need to be approved by the senate.
Mattis, a good chance of getting approval from mad dog McCain but apparently a pit bull that is totally loyal to the office of the president of the US, not to assorted neo-cons, Israeli’s or rich Saudi’s.

Now apparently his appointment or pick of ambassador to China is on very good terms with China, so Trumps long held views on negotiations must be taken into account.

Trump is a political unknown so we have to wait for his actions as President. His pick of Mattis as defence secretary may give him control over the US military. His pick of and ambassador on good terms with Beijing…

Circe has been slaving over a hot keyboard trying to convince the readership at Moon of Alabama blog that Trump is no good. At the moment Trump is an unknown so not sure why you bothered posting this comment as an article mod.

Let’s focus on Trump’s comments on Iran.
The nuclear program is of great concern.
The behavior of the Iranian navy disrespecting the US Navy concerns him

Beyond those two things, and the rhetoric of “Iran threatens the very existence of Israel” (which it does, regularly) and “Iran supports/sponsors terrorist groups (Hezbollah, which has factually used terrorist acts against the US assets in Lebanon, and North Korea’s nuclear and missile program)” Trump has no animus against the nation state of Iran.

In fact, he, as I, have high regard for the Persian civilization and culture and the potential it has (stunted by Shia radicalism).

Trump could very likely encourage Iran (if they were so supposed) to prosper in trade with US. He wants that. He’s stated that US companies should have had deals with Iran when Obama gave them back their $150 billion dollars. But he also wants hostage Americans back.

In other words, Trump will “deal” with the Iranians, negotiate on all topics. He knows they could be very wealthy soon with oil and gas, and with their intellectual development in technology. He understands their potential and would not ipso facto limit that.

What he will do is use force if they play that hand, or terror hand. He would also work with them to defeat ISIS/Wahhabi terror. He has not precluded that. He has said clearly and most recently in NC that any country that wants to work with us against radical Islamic terror.

So, if they want to put their asymmetrical weapon aside (militias and Hezbollah) he would engage with them to defeat their true archenemy Saudi Arabia/Qatar.

Understand Trump that his words and his actions are in congruence.

He has a forty year record of that consistency.

However, he is a reactive force. If Iran continues on their present path of antagonism and counter-intuitive behavior, he will shock them. Point guns at US Navy, take hostages, taunt, attack, grab hostages, I would lay a wager that he would okay a decapitation strike if the military recommended it. He’s very much like President Eisenhower in foreign policy use of force.

Teheran has a big economic future. In Eurasia, it could truly prosper and quickly. It will never become the ME hegemon now that Russia has invested blood in Syria. Russia is replacing the US as ME hegemon.

It is early in that ascension of Russia, but it looks like Trump will recede from involvements as Hegemon. He will stay for economic gain and trade. But deciding winners and losers, hierarchies and development will fall to Russia for the foreseeable future.

Turkey, Iran and Israel all have realized this for now. As long as Putin wants to express Russia power in the region, Russia will decide outcomes.

Trump’s fine with that. He just wants to utterly destroy ISIS, and General Flynn and others around Trump also know that they will best use Russia to achieve that Trumpian goal.

In essence the author of the run-on sentence above, is tying Trump to PNAC based on “circles of influence”. The geopolitical fantasy aside, we must allow action and outcomes to decide who is representing whom, let alone pulling strings. So far we only have appointments, some of which are very interesting. Some appointments have been appeasements for the GOP establishment, here we must look with eyes based in reality, we are dealing politics.

Trump is motivated by his own volition and desires, they supersede the desires of those around him, so the real question lies in this – what is in Trump’s heart? In what way does he prove his sincerity to the people who elected him? He will struggle with this reality now, and I am sure our gathered intentions towards Trump should be flowered with heartfelt sincerity that the best outcome for all, is indeed the outcome we get.

The problem is that ambassador does not make policy decision. If John Bolton or one of the neo-con get the post, this friendly ambassador will become a communicator conduit, and will not be a friend for long.

J, my take on Trump so far – As Putin says, he is nobodies friend – he is the president of Russia. I think Trump will be similar in that respect.
Bilateral trade between China and US. China is the clear winner to the tune of 20-30 billion each and every month. As president of the US, I think trump will try to reverse this, not through mafia style protection rackets like Obama’s pivot on China, TPP ect, but as a ruthless though legit business man. China’s diplomats and trade negotiators will have to stay very sharp but hopefully their military less so.
There is much analysis of Trump based on soundbites and his public persona, but the inner workings of Trump is much harder to come by.
Two of the most detailed on trump the man that I have seen are Larchmonter who commented above and Tyler who comments at Pat Lang’s SST blog.

Regarding Bolton ect we will have to wait and see. My impression of Trump at the moment is that he is a leader with firm opinions, not easily swayed or drifting with the breeze. He has played a very hostile mainstream media like a maestro. Although the media and their backers have no illegitimate dirt on trump (which probably means he’s clear in that regard), it seems he has successfully diverted the hostile media’s attention several times from his more ruthless business dealings with just a few well timed tweets.
In the shark tank of US politics, Trump may well turn out the ultimate predator or alpha male.

Hindsight will give us the correct answer on Trump and for that we have to wait.

I was horrified/disbelieving/bemused/all of these and more when I heard that Trump was running for US president. It was pretty much the most ridiculous thing I could conceive of.

As I observed how the campaign unrolled and the “reception” and “projection” of Trump in both MSM and left-wing (e.g., The Nation, LRB) media, I was astounded at the dow down and dirty savagery with which he was attacked and portrayed. Especially the cartoonists and caricaturists really went overboard —I kind of thought many of them were crossing a line. The constant harping on his hair, his small hands (never noticed those) in both picture and text—a female candidate would never have been so maligned for physical features, and so meanly and so constantly, in lieu of any relevant discussion (esp. in lieu of discussion of Clinton’s offering as a candidate, which was zero). So, Obama has big ears. But he was never that I know portrayed as absolutely horrifically as Trump. And it continues. See the second post-election cover of The Nation (the first one was black with “MOurning” etc….).

I mention this because this kind of public verbal and visual thrashing and trashing would get to most people eventually, I think–put a dent in a lot of men’s egos and kind of unnerve them. But it didn’t seem to faze Trump at all. He almost seemed to thrive on the blasts of negativity.

So I think it is reasonable to speculate that he has the stamina to enforce his will on those around him. So, what is his will? I hope it is to ratchet down tensions with Russia and also to be *fair* to the Palestinians. Perhaps h aving Kushner as his son-in-law inoculates him against some AIPAC nonsense if he wants to “do a Nixon” on Israel. Maybe he has his own bones to pick with his in-laws!

His animus against Iran does bother me a whole lot. I hope that Putin and he (and Melania, maybe interpreting? she speaks GErman) can sit down and Putin can explain to Trump that a good deal cannot be reached with Russia if he continues with the mindless Iran bashing.
Katherine
PS. No images show up on the home page. Is that me, or the blog software?

In the course I teach on social class in America, I show students how capitalism generates inequalities in wealth, status, and power. What I offer is not a moral critique of capitalism but rather an empirically grounded analysis of how it works, at a nuts-and-bolts level, to create and maintain a disproportionate flow of material and symbolic resources to the capitalist class. That capitalism does this is, as Noam Chomsky might say, uncontroversial. Or, as a student double-majoring in sociology and business once said to me, “You talk about a lot of the same things my business professors do, but you sure talk about them differently.”

Once my students understand how capitalism works and the full range of consequences it produces, their moral intuition tells them what’s wrong with this form of economy. They recognize the unfairness of a system premised on the exploitation of labor; a system that allows wealth to accumulate to an unlimited degree …
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Iraq was a grave threat to Israel, but Israel couldn’t tackle Saddam Hussein alone, so Israel got the US to sort out Iraq. Iran is a grave threat to Israel, but Israel can’t tackle Iran alone, so Israel needs the US to sort out Iran. Turkey is a grave threat to Israel, Israel can’t tackle Turkey alone, so rather get Russia to sort out Turkey by creating provocations there.

Why the US does everything to secure Israel is crazy, even when accounting for all the benefits for the US in destroying Iraq and Iran.

If there is conflict between the US and Iran, hopefully China will indeed step in and support Iran. But, in my opinion, China seems to be more interested in stoking unnecessary conflict in the South China Sea than using her resources where it is necessary, such as in Syria or maybe the Iran conflict to be.

As usual, the Jews supported both sides in the recent US election, so that they can claim to have been so clever as to have supported / made the victor, as usual. Trump seems to be supporting the expansion of Israeli settlements into the occupied territories and moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, he thus supports one part of the NeoCon / AngloZionist agenda, the expansion of Israel. The second part of the NeoCon agenda, the one world government, he doesn’t seem to support too much. So while Hillary supported 100% of the NeoCon agenda, Trump only supports 50% of it. So Iran, Israel’s grave enemy, might be in danger indeed.

From IMDB:
“In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem – a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.”
The US is now, through AIPAC, Hollywood and Sionist (modified by the CIA) control of mass media, the Golem of Israel. Hollywood rubbish? Yes. But deadly for the World and the Zombie/Golem people of the USA.

The US can not attack China otherwise they are bankrupted as well as China is the factory for cheap goods for both US and EU markets.China also buys a lot of treasury bonds.If you are clever enough you don’t destroy your best customer even less if he is lending you a lot of cash.

True, but an act of war doesn’t necessarily involve military aggression. There are different strategies that the Anglo/Zionist empire can use to contain a threat or challenge to its economic and military superiority. Neutralizing Iran to get to China is perhaps the least risky and yet single-most indirect deadly weapon the empire could use against China.

I will go as far as stating that Iran is becoming indispensable to China’s realization as a superpower. China is banking on its One Belt, One Road (OBOR) strategy to propel it to the pinnacle of economic superiority. I believe that without Iran, China will be hard-pressed to achieve this ambitious goal.

Iran has the second-largest gas reserves in the world and owns the third largest easily-accessible oil reserves in the world behind Venezuela and Saudi Arabia.

Iran also has the advantage that it is not a U.S. ally, therefore China doesn’t have to compete with the present global super-power for those resources and it doesn’t have to worry that the U.S. will influence China’s resource provider in such a way as to control supply to slow China’s growth/expansion or to weaken its military capacity.

If China has access to an unlimited supply of oil and gas there is practically nothing stopping it from achieving its goal with OBOR. Its influence in Eurasia and the Middle East will soar, and from there — the sky’s the limit. There are some who say the European side of this economic/cultural adventure will be skeptical of advancing China’s influence through OBOR, but the Eurozone needs the boost that OBOR represents. In this regard, the empire can try to frustrate OBOR’s progress by providing countries with other incentives i.e. bribes to lure them away from China’s economic undertaking, however, China has already left the gate on this massive project while the U.S. is distracted with political transition and saddled with a lame-duck government.

If the U.S. doesn’t succeed in scuttling OBOR’s projects with its influence, geopolitical machinations and equivalent strategy; then an even uglier plan will start to emerge.

So, as China ascends in global stature it will simultaneously take Iran with it, therefore, growing Iran’s influence and power in the ME region. It’s a win-win for both countries. And the thing that also makes Iran attractive to China is that Iran has a more resourceful economy than many of its neighbors and despite the heavy sanctions imposed on it, is rapidly emerging in science, technology and diverse industry. There’s a wealth of reciprocity potential there for both countries.

The empire has been raping Iran’s unlimited potential because of Israel’s and Saudi Arabia’s insecurities; but credit must be given where it is due; Iran is emerging regardless and has not only merely survived this siege and imperial tyranny. This resilience has no doubt given China even greater confidence in partnering with Iran.

I would even guess that Iran is more strategic to China than Syria was to Russia and one has to wonder if securing a seaport was Russia’s only motive for intervening in Syria besides the threat of terrorism. Everyone knows that, according to the Zionist/Neocon plan, PNAC, Damascus was the road to Tehran culminating in the ultimate collapse of Iran. Could it be that Russia’s interests lay in pre-empting that outcome as a way to blocking the empire’s advancing hegemony through regime change and sowing chaos.

I believe the goal for the Anglo/Zionist empire is still the same. There cannot be two superpowers; there cannot be balance of power. The empire will never allow China to replace it as the world superpower or even equal it.

Just as a casus belli was fabricated for the invasion of Iraq; Zionist Neocons will rack their brains to come up with some fabrication; some provoked incident or false flag to go after Iran; there’s just too much at stake.

And if it does end up going after Iran, what can China do? It’s not like the empire is attacking China, so what are the options for China? This is not a case like Russia in Syria. Russia hasn’t had to confront the empire in Syria directly, only its proxies. That’s a simpler situation to tackle. Syria is a proxy civil war initiated by the empire. I’m not sure I see a strategy like that for Iran. The Empire tried to ignite a Green Revolution using MEK – Mujahidin of Iran and Jundallah and it fizzled out.

With Iran it’ll have to involve a direct attack as in the case of Iraq. Will that attack be launched by the U.S. or Israel? How Iran will react to such an attack, and the role China will play if this happens, remains to be seen. What makes it more serious than Syria, is that such aggression represents an existential threat for both Iran and China; Iran because of its untapped wealth and China because it will then be at the mercy of the empire for oil and gas resources or be arbitrarily deprived to contain its global ascent?

If the empire makes provocative moves on Iran; will China adopt Iran as a protectorate as Israel is the protectorate of the empire? China up to now has demonstrated a hand’s-off strategy in global conflict; but recently China joined Russia in vetoing a Resolution regarding Syria at the Security Council. So will China make Iran the exception to its rule in order to protect its interests?

How can the Anglo/Zionist empire ever allow the meteoric rise of a viable competitor whose political ideology was the arch enemy of capitalism for almost half a century; and still is?

I don’t think for a moment that Russia and China will not back each other in an eventuality of a war against Iran from US or Israel or combined with Saudi-Arabia and several allies, maybe NATO (in this case it would be a much greater war) Trump is a business man, and he will not be very happy to have yet again a war in the same place – in Middle-East – moreover a war which has the potential to be much more aggressive and destructive than any other including the Iraq war. Russia has vital strategic interests with Iran. If Iran falls militarily, what will be the assurances for Russia that the Wahhabi orientation will not come into her underbelly ? But, of course, Iran would be a very hard nut to break. At the other hand, the war in Syria will be won in a matter of time and the Russian forces will stay there for a while.

I like this article. It is hard to say if Trump is by himself or a puppet. He maybe both. They may also playing tug war competing for influence.

I think it is best to prepare for the worse case scenario. If we let Trump decimate Iran, than we will find our self in very bad place: endless wars on very busy trade route, and in our immediate back yard. From the proactive stence Chinese government is taking now, I think they believe it too.

If something like Afghanistan and iraq, or Syria were to happen in Iran, Both China and Russia will have to spend immense amount resource to deal with it. Many lives will be lost. I hope both country will stand up for Iran.

It is hard to imaging that US still want a base in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is grave for empire’s misguided ambition. But one never know.

Frankly, I do not trust Trump. He has enough right wing neo-con in his team. The fact he even flirt, and still is with Bolton is disgusting.

I certainly don’t trust Trump, and I see the turn to right, in the US and elsewhere, as very worrying and destructive. Unfortunately, what now passes as ‘left’ isn’t any good either, and is very often just a mask for neoliberalism. Politics is busted on both (alleged) sides, and it’s all largely controlled by the wealthy and oligarchs, the war mongers, the corrupt, and the idiots. And by capitalism, which will be the death of us all if it isn’t curtailed.

We see what now passes for debate with the scurrilous attacks against Trump, against all conservatives, against Russia, and anyone else who does not follow the neoliberal and corporatist agenda. We similar attacks against the left, libertarians, and true libertarians — as opposed to the the American rapacious capitalist and socially irresponsible ‘libertarians’, who often have a large streak of authoritarianism as well.

In short, the entire field of politics, political philosophy and science, and discourse, has been driven underground and virtually destroyed. Orcs, goblins, and trolls (rooted in aristocracy) have seized control of almost everything — including, importantly, the established media. Since Trump is to a great degree aristocracy himself, the question of whether he is ‘his own man’ is likely moot, since noblesse oblige, whatever there ever was of it, is long gone.

The only thing Trump is likely really good for — not to be underestimated! — is likely stopping or putting off war with Russia, WW3, and nuclear holocaust. Anything else is hopeful thinking, and actual democracy, liberty, and sanity is still very distant — especially considering who he is putting into his administration. The impetus towards sanity and peace is far more likely to come from Russia and the rest of the world of like mind than from the US and western empire (which is why they are being demonized, of course).

Some one commented at Globaltimes: ”
Branstad an “old friend’ my foot! He is just an acquaintance, though a PLEASANT one at that. But he is neither an expert nor a soul-binding friend of China. Of course, what little he does know of China is usually considered profound expertise in America. There have been hundreds of Chinese students who flocked to Cardinal Iowa State and Hawkeye Iowa U EACH YEAR for the last decade and a half. They know him well and can verify my assessment here.
Having said that, I do consider his appointment an auspicious one. He is friendly to China, as mid-westerners are friendly to strangers in general, and I do consider him a good, honest man. Good and honest politicians are RARITY in America these days.”

I feel this comment is more close to truth.

Bhadrakumar commented on Indian Punchline about that the defense chief appointment have made NATO happy again.

“Who would have thought that because of Iran, China is the unspoken enemy of Zionism.”

No, Iran has zero to do with it. China is not one of those zionazi occupied and controlled colonies of the zionazi freakshow, that is the problem for zionazi, inc. The Chinese remain independent of the parasitic contagion, much to the chagrin of isreal’s self appointed “gods”.

Could be, but my question is that if Trump is a puppet of the war machine, why is he being shitcanned 24/7 by the empire’s propaganda organs?

Also, so far he has avoided bring anyone from the current war party into his administration, and even though the war party may disagree on the place of war, they always agree on war, so I would expect there would be some support for Trump, if Trump was set on war.

What I do see is the war party making Michael Flynn their primary target. I’ve always thought Flynn is the driving force behind Trump and that he represents the faction of the deep state who is opposed to the imperial project in its current form. It’s also possible he is seeking revenge against members of the current regime who were responsible for him getting the sack. More than anyone, I think Flynn is the one to watch.

It is worth mentioning that the Elite left started to side against Netenyau and Obama was becoming a major thorn in the side of Israel. So you had American liberal Jews on one side and right wing Zionists on the other led by Netanyahu.

On the importance of US maintaining bases in Afghanistan: Having a presence in the HinduKush is vital for US regardless of who they target first. Now we know that the basic non-negotiable demand of the Afghan Taliban has been the removal of US from Afghanistan. Beyond that, they have always said, they are ready for a negotiated settlement. Considering that Pakistan has been backing the Afghan Taliban movement and has a strong influence over it, this stance of Afghan Taliban suits Pakistan’s interests very well. It also serves China’s and Russia’s interests. It seems there has been a not-very-visible (in the media) congruence of interest in this regard between Russia, China and Pakistan and possibly Iran (there have been reports of Taliban leaders visiting Iran in the past and Mullah Mansoor was also allegedly traveling back from Iran when he was droned). Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and China quadrilateral next month in this regard signifies this. Also the recent statement by Zamir Kabulov, that Russia considers Taliban a ‘real political armed force’ on top of the statement by Gen. Nicholson (commander of US-led forces in Afghanistan) that Iran and Russia are legitimizing Taliban are important pointers in this direction.
Afghan government on its part is as fragile as it can get. It wouldn’t survive a day without US support (the saying that Ashraf Ghani is the mayor of Kabul is not an understatement). The recent bombing INSIDE Bagram Base by Taliban was surely a message to Trump and a show of strength. Gulbaddin Hekmatyar’s entry into Afghan political system is also very intriguing. I don’t know what he has been upto since then but he is a ruthless power player and it will soon be visible. It was a possible move by Pakistan’s ISI to gain an influence in Kabul (Hekmatyar was said to be in Pakistan prior to this and hence under protection of ISI). The way Ashraf Ghani lost his cool in recent Heart of Asia conference in Amritsar and outright blamed Pakistan for Afghanistan’s situation highlights how vulnerable and helpless he feels.
Another factor is that Afghanistan’s stability is vital for CPEC to achieve full functionality. A never ending Taliban insurgency means instability in Afghanistan and hence a not fully functional CPEC. Pakistan military’s commitment to CPEC means they and China certainly want a stable and US-less Afghanistan. Also Pakistan’s ISI would be sincere in its dealings with China (as opposed to US) as both countries are real allies.
All of the above point out that Pakistan, China and Russia have come to some sort of understanding as to how to resolve the Afghan situation and Pakistan must have given assurances as well as the Taliban. It sounds ambitious but this plan must also include departure of US from Afghanistan as it is vital for security interests of Pakistan, China, Russia and Iran.

I agree.
US congress approved aid to Pakistan with a condition, $400 million of them will like to good conduct certification from defence. It is really a insult to Pakistan who laid down their lives in demand of US. the money is not aid, but fee for logistics.

US is not really bright. It cozy up to Pakistan’e arch enemy, and seems trying to set it up the fill the vacuum in case US left, in addition to bashing pakistan. From what I read, Pakistanis are very tired of those, and lets see what the good defense secretary will do. Afghanistan is grave ground for empires with misguided ambition. Let’s see what will come to US and its replacement.

However, for pakistan, a country of 200 million, a fast growing economy. $400 million is really a drop in the bucket. But if US is smart, a treatment of equal respect will go a long way. But I do not think Trump knows what a equal respect is.

Trump’s cabinet fill with big oil and military, as if it is in 70s. So buyer be aware.

For me, one of the real tests of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan and his vow of putting US intetests first, will come with his actual dealings with Iran.

Normalizing trade with Iran would mean 1000s of US jobs.
So how can preventing trade with Iran be in US intetest?
Iran wants to spebd $billions buying things like new US made passenger planes and is told no!

Israeli officials spoke of how Iran was using passenger planes to ferry weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon, and therefore, the US should not sell them passenger planes.
I will not waste time arguing about how suspect this claim is – remember it was Israel that push false claims about WMD in Iraq and later about Iran’s supposed ‘Nuclear Weapons Program- and all these turn out to be patently false.
Therefore, while it is in Israel’s interest to not have Iran buy US planes, it is most definately not in US intetests.

And remember Israel gets US military aircrafts for “free”, yet insists Iran be barred from buying US passenger planes.

It is in Israel’s interest to keep Iran isolated, but American businesses lose out big time when sanctions keep them from doing business in Iran.

Iran is not a threat to America and all the intelligence agencies of the US concur on this, so why maintain phony sanctions against the country?

If Trump is for ‘real’ then is policies will inevitably result in him having to confront Israel not Iran.

Israel is the country that forces the US to act against its own best intetests not Iran.
Israel is the country that demands that US taxpayers give $billions to it annually, not Iran.
Israel is the country that pressures the US through its lobbies and stooges in Congress to wage endless wars, not Iran.

If Trump chooses to pursue an antagonistic relationship with Iran, this would prove that he is not his own man…

If Trump chooses to pursue an antagonistic relationship with Iran, this would prove that he is not his own man…

Iran has come to replace India in Primakov’s strategic Eurasian Triad of Russia, China, and India. The Eurasian Project has set India aside for later. Its elite is so thoroughly Westernised that it can’t even be called a 5th column. Even the middle class aspires to be as Westernised as their betters.

Iran is being heavily courted by Russia & China because it is critical to both the M.E., but even more importantly to the Eurasia Project.
In the 1st place, it is head and shoulders above its neighbours in all the metrics of power – military, politics/diplomacy, history/culture, intellectual/academic, natural and human resources, etc. It is the natural regional Hegemon, and the neighbours fear their loss of privilege.
In the 2nd place, the ancient Silk Roads converged on Tehran, the fulcrum on which the Eurasian landmass balances. The modern version would certainly wish to take the same advantages the old ones had.
Splitting this triad, or preventing it from forming is an Imperial imperative. That Trump makes warm, wet murmurs to Russia while vilifying Iran is exactly what one would expect him to do as the Caesar-elect. The question boils down to is whether he’s simply buying some space by putting the Beltway’s Neocon audience off the scent, or whether he’s an Old Anglo-Imperialist re-entering the Great Game.

The sense I’m getting post-election is that it is the latter, though I have great doubt that he, or his power base have fully grasped the scope and depth of their Empire’s and their Nation’s vulnerabilities. That is, the resources available simply cannot support an effort to save both the Empire and the Nation. One or the other, or both, will stumble if the available resources are stretched to fix both. If that’s Trump’s vision, look for spectacular failure on both counts.

Great site. It is my opinion that Trump is walking on pretty thin ice at home. Most thought he had no chance to win but he defied the odds. He is coming in with huge expectations. Most people that offered their support believed him when he said “drain the swamp”. I believe he will fail in that promise because he does not want to or just cannot. Either way it matters little to the his supporters. My point is he will be besieged at home by a increasing hostile population or at least a huge part of it which in the end will limit his options on everything else.

As for Russia and China being separated by a deceptive party bearing gifts. That is not likely and again it is my opinion it will blow up in PNAC faces. Why play second fiddle to a near dead empire when you can have it all? It is PNAC that needs the war, there very economic survival requires it. I believe everyone at the table knows it.

The “yevgeny primakov arrangement” whereby Russia would be in the good books of the West so long as it helps Western/zio interests has come to a halt after its betrayal by the nudelmans in Ukraine, the zios seriously saw a chance to set up khazaria 2.0 from a broken up Ukraine. The primakov arrangement, whereby the jews in Russia linked up with their Western tribesmen, may yet be resurrected in order to attack Iran, the warning signal will be removal of sanctions on Russia. The primakov arrangement cannot happen under Putin, but medvedev who is a russian jews puppet will be more amenable, interestingly we are seeing him making disinformation noises that sanctions will never be removed – is there something going on behind the scenes that even Putin is unaware of?

The only difference between trump and Hillary or the Zionist faction backing him is they and Trump did not want to risk a nuclear war with Russia. It is still the Zionist empire.Tactics have changed thats it.The empire thinks it can trick Russia into giving up Syria and or Iran for for Ukraine. Russia needs to keep them all or 1000 times the number of ISIS fighters there is now will be sent to Southern Russia and probably western China.The Zionist empire has broken every deal or treaty it has ever made just ask Gorbachev. See link below the empire is researching nuclear first strike against Russia and China, can it be any more obvious what the plan is???

The racist, supremacist, Jewish, Zionist, empire as I have proven with overwhelming
irrefutable evidence in my previous posts wants war and conquest.
Russia still needs to get rid of its Rothschild controlled central
bank and bankers (the fifth column installed by the USSA in the 1990s) and start
creating its own money out of nothing to pay for it military, health care, education
infrastructure etc as the Rothschild Empire does and has done for hundreds of
years. Also to ban fractional reserve banking and to make it illegal for the Russian
government at any level to borrow money. Russia also needs to crack down more on corruption
and to lend at low interest rates to sectors of the economy that are identified
as weak and or strategically important. Speculation against the Russian currency
must also be banned and loans for speculation by George Soros etc against the Russian
currency should also be banned. Any large Russian currency to foreign currency transactions not done by corporations or individuals for legitimate business needs will be subject to Russian government approval, as well as any transactions over 1 million or multiple transactions
over 1 million dollars.

There is no west left, it has been conquered by the Zionist
empire and the empire is in the process of eradicating its native European
populations and destroying their governments and replacing them with Zionist
dictatorships which has also happened to every third world country that tried
to make any deal with the Zionist empire.

Even if one were so stupid as to actually think the
Zionist Trump, (Trump is just a different faction of the Zionist empire) would full
fill any deal Trump made, as soon as Trump is out the deal will be broken if
not broken by Trump himself and such persons will deserve to be wiped out. The
empire broke the deal with the Soviet Union about NATOs eastward expansion etc.

The empire has broken every treaty it has ever signed.
Russia and China now must rapidly build up their nuclear arsenals to at least 20,000 nuclear warheads or more each with many thousands of launchers, nuclear trains, submarines, long range bombers, surface ships etc. maybe a few hundred nuclear weapons in high earth orbit at the Lagrange point between the earth and the moon, as well to deter a nuclear first strike
by the empire.

China has finally started to do this with their new mobile land based ICBMs. See link from Sputnik, USSA preparing for and researching a nuclear first strike against Russia and China. Can it be any more obvious?

All Russian and Chinese nuclear weapons need to be aimed the
trillionaire/ billionaire Zionist criminal elite and their slave armies Jafa,
in what was once the west, and any area with large Jewish populations, this is
the only way to avert a global nuclear war. Jews are happy to see stupid
(animal beast); Goyim (as Henry Kissinger refers to American soldiers) kill
Goyim until only Jews are left. If organized Jewry knows it will be destroyed
completely if it starts a nuclear war they will never start it.

Contrary any appeasement policy to the empire, Russia and China should tell the empire that
in no uncertain terms, any unprovoked attack on Iran will result in the actions
I have just outlined above immediately, so organized Jewry and its slave armed
forces will cease to exist. If this is not done Jewry will attack and destroy
Iran and then send 1000 times worse in barbarity and numbers then ISIS is now
into the south of Russia and the west of China.

Better yet Russia China and India should each establish a large naval
base on the coast of Iran to act as a shield a trip wire for this policy.
In the mean time Russia, China Iran etc must continue their
work of destroying Zionist, Federal Reserve dollar and creating an alternative
to swift and pulling out of swift ASAP and making an alternative internet.

Once the Zionist dollar is destroyed the empire will have no
money to maintain its military empire and to occupy its vassals and the threat
to wipe out all of humanity will be over, as the zio Nazi satanic empire will
be defeated.

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